Over the past two years, around 200 community pharmacies in England have been involved in NHS England’s ‘Community pharmacy independent prescribing pathfinder programme’, trialling different clinical models to discover what a community pharmacy prescribing service could look like.
In this episode of The PJ Pod, senior clinical reporter Joanna Robertson shares on-the-ground reporting from two pharmacies involved in the programme, as well as discussions with pharmacy leaders about what building blocks will need to be in place for a nationally commissioned service in England.
With thanks to the contributors featured on this episode: Omar Sarwar, pharmacy manager at Farah Chemists in Newcastle; Mark Burdon, community pharmacist at Burdon Pharmacies; Ewan Maule, clinical director for medicines and pharmacy at North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board; and Harry McQuillan, chair of Numark and former chief executive of Community Pharmacy Scotland.
This episode was produced by Geoff Marsh.
Further reading
- ‘Evaluation of independent prescribing in community pharmacy pathfinders: final report’; University of Manchester;
- ‘Independent prescribing’; NHS England.
From The Pharmaceutical Journal
